Articuno-GX
Rotated OutA powerful water-type Pokemon that can swap places and wipe out energy from both sides.
What this card does
It has 170 HP and costs three Energy to attack.
Ice Wing deals 130 damage with no extra effect.
Cold Crush-GX discards all Energy from both Active Pokemon but can only be used once per game.
Legendary Ascent
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may switch it with your Active Pokémon. If you do, move any number of Water Energy from your other Pokémon to this Pokémon.
The Legendary Ascent ability lets you move this card from your hand to your Bench and then swap it with your active Pokemon. You can also shift Water Energy cards from other Pokemon onto it to power up its attacks quickly.
Attacks
Discard all Energy from both Active Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Abilities
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may switch it with your Active Pokémon. If you do, move any number of Water Energy from your other Pokémon to this Pokémon.
Which deck it belongs in
This card suits decks that focus on moving energy around rather than relying on steady supplies. It works well in strategies that want to remove resources from the opponent while building their own power.
- •High damage output
- •Energy disruption
- •Flexible positioning
- •One-time use for strongest attack
- •Vulnerable to Metal types
- •Requires specific energy setup
Use the swap ability to bring Articuno-GX into play safely and immediately start moving energy onto it.
Articuno is known as the Freeze Pokemon and is said to appear to doomed people who are lost in icy mountains.
Remind your child they can only use the Cold Crush-GX attack once in the entire match.
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